Example sentences for: covet

How can you use “covet” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • None of these reforms pleased the Russians and Prussians, who continued to covet Polish territory.

  • Bell examines this question, but phrases it in terms of "envy," writing, "Democracy is by nature contentious because men constantly covet what other men have ... the result is often--in Nietzsche's term--ressentiment or envy, anger, and hatred towards those at the top."

  • we, like you, secretly covet recliners," purrs the card beside a 1952-style Metro Finer Recliner, priced at $990.

  • We'll treat celebrity DNA like designer clothes, hankering for Michael Jordan's genes the way we covet his Nike sneakers today.

  • 10) Thou shalt not covet.


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